Arts & Entertainment
The latest arts and entertainment highlights, previews, reviews, music and film features and opinion pieces from The Skinny writers.
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Music
The Sound Team - Work EP
It's raw and catchy and first track The Fastest Man Alive has definite radio appeal. Read more »| 13 Sep 2006 -
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XFM Column - Do Scenes Exist Anywhere Anymore?
Klaxons are undoubtedly one of the most exciting live bands in the UK right now, but do we have to pretend they're part of something bigger to make them even more exciting? Read more »| 13 Sep 2006 -
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The Ronelles @ Barrowland 2
The Ronelles are a band that seem to have skipped the nineties, the eighties and maybe even the Seventies Read more »| 13 Sep 2006 -
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The Needles @ Barfly
full of energy, verve and insanely catchy tunes Read more »| 13 Sep 2006 -
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The Black Keys - Magic Potion
The solid, catchy guitar licks and crashing drums hold each sparse number together, with the lyrics having that familiar rough edge. Read more »| 13 Sep 2006 -
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Alexisonfire - Crisis
the recipe is complete for a total disaster that makes me want to lock myself up and listen to Napalm Death for a month straight while mumbeling ""it was better back in the day"" Read more »| 13 Sep 2006
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Less Than Jake - The Rest Of My Life / Don't Fall Asleep On The Subway
Doesn't matter if you call it sell-out, musical growth or 'The All American Rejects-syndrome', it does the works Read more »| 13 Sep 2006 -
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Mastodon - 'Blood Mountain'
these twelve tracks are a Frankenstein of doom gloom, trash licks and death-metal hysteria that is flawless and will provide you with hours and hours of listening Read more »| 13 Sep 2006 -
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New Found Sound @ Subway Cowgate
Newsflash: The Subway's aural quagmire claims more victims... Read more »| 13 Sep 2006 -
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Data Panik @ QMU
One of the most engaging elements is the speed with which songs ingrain themselves in the memory Read more »| 13 Sep 2006 -
Clubs
Ultragroove Bacardi B-Live Party with Dimitri, the Unabombers, and Romain, Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh, Sept 23
An extravaganza of house, disco, funk, soul and hip hop, sure to be a highlight of Ultragroove's seven year history.
Read more »| 13 Sep 2006 -
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Hybrid, Chew The Fat!, The Sub Club, Glasgow, September 1
In many ways, Hybrid can be seen as the missing link between today's breakbeat scene and the emotional tech-house/trance of the mid to late 90s. Read more »| 13 Sep 2006 -
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PREVIEW: 6 of the best Clubs
6 of the best CLUB NIGHTS in EDINBURGHJakN @ Studio 24, Sep 1, freeThe Diverse Frequencies crew return with their usual style of four decks, two mixers and f... Read more »| 13 Sep 2006 -
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The Fratellis @ The Liquid Room
The Fratellis have tapped a bankable niche of youthful rebellion, but it's impossible to ignore the fact that their limited three-piece formula will only have a limited shelf-life. Read more »| 13 Sep 2006 -
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Slow Motion Replay @ The Ubiquitous Kings of Rhythm & The Unexplainable
An awesome energetic debut performance from Slow Motion Replay Read more »| 13 Sep 2006